Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing evidence that many people with dementia want to know their diagnosis, there is wide variation in attitudes of professionals towards disclosure. The disclosure of the diagnosis of dementia is increasingly recognised as being a process rather than a one-off behaviour. However, the different behaviours that contribute to this process have not been comprehensively defined. No intervention studies to improve diagnostic disclosure in dementia have been reported to date. As part of a larger study to develop an intervention to promote appropriate disclosure, we sought to identify important disclosure behaviours and explore whether supplementing a literature review with other methods would result in the identification of new behaviours.

Methods

To identify

SUBMITTER: Lecouturier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2408568 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature